Two years ago, he astonished the world of neurology with evidence that apo E -- known until then only for its role in cholesterol transport -- is involved in the major type of Alzheimer's disease.

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Indices for telecommunications, radio, television and satellite transmission services, hotel service, wholesale trade, e-commerce, software and IT services, and water transport all stayed at 60.

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Although Stephen Byers, the former transport minister, is more obviously in the shareholders' sights, e-mail exchanges within government show that the Treasury, represented by one of Mr Brown's closest advisers, Shriti Vadera, was in the driving seat.

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